Sunday, 27 May 2012

PAADAL PETRA SHIVA STHALANGAL DHARSHAN - IN & AROUND THIRUVAIYARU

27, May 2012.

On26th and27th
May 2012, I had made the second visit for the dharshan of
Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalangal in and around Thiruvaiyaru. Till Friday afternoon, not thought of making this visit. Since I do
not have any planned work on Saturday and Sunday at office, decided to make
this visit. During this visit, covered 9 Paadalpetra Shiva Sthalangal, one Devara vaipu Sthalam and oneShivaTemple
( for which the route and details were prepared during my first visit

DAY -1 SATURDAY 26-05-2012

From old bus stand of Tanjore
reached, Thenkudi Thittaithrough town bus. On reaching the temple I
could found large number of people came for dharshan of Guru Bhagavan, since this
temple is also a parikara sthalam.
Returned back to Kandiyur and waited for the bus to Thiruvedhikudi.Understand that there is no bus, hired an
auto and the driver name is Ismail, who took me to Thiruvedhi Kudi, Thiruchorttruthurai,Thiruppulla mangai ( Pasupathy Koil ),Sakkarappalli( Iyampettai – A muslim dominated area ) and dropped me at Thirupazhalanam. For that he charged me Rs 500.00. On the
way to Thiruchorttruthurai, he took me to a ShivaTemple at Veerasingampettai, where
276 Shiva lingams are installed in rows. After Thirupazhanam went to
Thingaloor one of the Devara vaipu sthalam. From main road arch auto’s charging
Rs 80 up and down. Devotees from other
states also visiting Thingaloor for parikaram. The temple is small and
Gurubhavan in a small shrine. Ate the prasadham offered by a devotee and
returned to Thiruvaiyaru to Kumbakonam main road. Then I proceeded to Vadakurangattuthuraiand had the evening dharshn around 16.30
hrs. Out of 11 temples I visited, in three temples ladies who takes care of the temples opened the
doors and helped me for dharshan.

After Vadakurangattuthurai, I was
fully exhausted due to heat and eyes were burning ( I was travelling in an ordinary bus to Kumbakonam again to Tanjore, I could not sleep ). Also people advised me to
spend more time in Thiruvaiyaru, since the temple complex is huge. Only two
temples are left out from my list namely, Thiruvaiyaru and Keezhapazhuvur, near
Ariyalur. So decided to close the first day’s dharshan and returned to Tanjore.

DAY -2,SUNDAY
27-05-2012.

After vacating the room, proceeded
to Thiruvaiyaru. Really
temple complex is huge and the walls are very high. Expected a huge crowd, but
very few devotes came for dharshan in the morning. After dharshan reached THIRUPAZHUVUR (Keezhapazhuvur)
around 09.00 Hrs and had a good dharshan.
Completed the dharshan of Paadal petra shiva
Sthalangal in and around Thiruvaiyaru as
per the schedule. Returned Chennai around 20.00 hrs. Except heat and tired I did not faced any difficulty.

132/ 15. THENKUDI THITTAI

(This place is
called as Thittai )

This is the 132ndDevara Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and
15th sthalam on the south side of river cauvery.
Thiruganasambandar has sung hymns in praise of Lord Shiva of this
temple.

Iraivan : Sri Vasisteswarar

Iraivi : Sri Ulaga Nayagi Ammai.

Some of the important features of this temple are…

A
drop of water is falling on moolavar every 24 minutes ( 1 Naazhigai in
Tamil ). This is due to the Suryakantha kal and Chandra Kantha kal which
transforms the atmospheric moisture in to water.

Guru
Parikara sthalam. There is a separate sannadhi between moolavar temple and
Ambal temple for Guru with a sword in his hand. Vashista rishi worshiped
moolavar as Rajaguru.

Thittai in tamil is “maedu - மேடு ”.

Lord Shiva liked 28 temple where he
wants to stay, of which 26 were submerged during uzhikaalam. They are Seerkazhi
and thistempleThenkudi Thittai.

There are 4 lingams installed on the
four corners of this temple keeping the moola Lingam at centre and hence
this temple is called a Pancha Bootha sthalam.

The vimanam is built with complete stone

10thto 12thcentury Tamil inscriptions are found.

HOW TO REACH :

Town
bus is available from Tanjore. But frequency is limited Planning to be done
suitably.

This is the 131stDevaram
Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and 14th sthalam on the south side of
river Cauvery in Chozha Nadu. Appar and Thiruganasambandar has sung hymns in
praise of Lord Shiva of this temple.

Iraivan: Sri Vedhapureeswarar, Sri Vaazhai
Madu Nathar

Iraivi
: Sri Mangayarkarasi.

Some of the important features of this temple are….

It
was believed that moolavar came from banana madu.

The
raja gopuram is of 3 tiers.

108
lingams were installed.

The
moolavar vimanam was built out of stone.

There
is a separate temple for Ambal out side main temple, which has no
compound wall.

Main
temple is below the ground level.

The
place is also known as sathurvedha mangalam.

Parikara
stahalam for removing obstacles to the Marriages.

The
mandapam between Main temple and Ambal temple is in bad condition and crying
for attention.

HOW TO REACH :

Only
mini bus is available to this village, which is 3 to 4 KM from Kandiyur and the
frequency is un predictable.

The
best option is to take an auto from Kandiyur, ( Thirukandiyur, which is also a
Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam )

This temple is on the way to Thirupulla
Mangai ( Pasupathy Koil ) from Thiruvedikudi. Thetemple

Iraivan : Sri Vaidyanatha Swamy and

Ambal : Sri Vaalambigai.

The age and history of the temple is not known. There are 276 Shiva Lingams were installed in rows. As per temple authorities thes Shiva Lingams were found during excavation for a new temple. Temple authorities requested me to write and publish photos of this temple so that many devotees can visit to the temple.

( Moolavar vimanam with Dhakshinamoorthy sannadhi )

( Shiva lingams 273 nos installed- found during excavation )

( Temple complex view )

( Ambal sannadhi vimanam)

130/13.
THIRUCHORTRUTHURAI

This is the 130th Devara Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and
13th sthalam on the south side of river Cauvery in Chozha Nadu. Moovar
has sung hymns in praise of Lord Shiva of this temple.

I am sorry to say that, ( I doubt) poojas are not conducted regularly. The temple is always kept closed and the Sivachariyar is also not living within the Village. Whether Hindu religious & endowment board will look in to the same ?, so that the devotees should not get disappointment when they travels from distant places to get the dharshan of Lord Shiva.

Second time visited to this temple on 12-08-2013. This time I was lucky to get the mobile number of the Gurukkal which was written on the wall. The Gurukkal responded to my call and had Lord Shiva's dharshan. The details of the temple and photographs are up loaded in that post. For the details please click the link given below.

This
is the 104thDevara Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam
and 50th sthalam on the north side of river Cauvery in Chozha Nadu. Thiruganasambandar
and Appar has sung hymns in praise of lord Shiva of this temple.

Iraivan
: Sri Aabathsahayeswarar

Iraivi : Sri Periyanayagi

Some
of the important features of this temple are….

There
are two Rajagopurams. The front one is with 5 tiers and inner one is 3 tiers.

This
is the second sabthasthana sthalam.

Iraivan
helped to a Andhana Siruvan from Yemadharmaraja, hence he is called
as Abathsahayeswarar.

Moolavar
is Suyambu.

The
Vimanam of karuvarai is built with stone.

Ambal
is in a separate sannadhi facing east standing on an Aavudai.

Navagrahas
are opposite to Ambal. In that all the eight grahas are facing Suryan and
Suryan is facing Ambal ( West).

This is one of the Devara Vaipu sthalam. Appar visited this place and
worshiped the temple’s Iraivan. In this temple the dead child came alive when
Appar sang a song, who was bitten by snake. After this incident, It is believed
that there is no body died due to snake bite.

This is also a Parikara sthalam. There is a separate sannadhi for
Chandran. Chandran is worshiped by many devotees daily and it attracts devotees
from far off places too.

( Rajagopuram )

( Entance mandapam sudhai sirpam )

103 / 49. VADAKURANGADUTHURAI

( This place is now called as Aaduthurai Perumal Koil )

This is the 103rd Devara Paadal Petra Shiva Sthalam and 49th sthalam on theNorth side of River Cauvery in Chozha Nadu. Thiruganasambandar has sung hymns in praise of Lord Shiva of this temple.

Iraivan: Sri Dhayanidheeswarar, Sri Kulai Vanangeesar,

Sri Vaali Nathar, Sri Chittilingeswarar

Iraivi : Sri Jada Makudeeswari, Sri Azhagu Sadai
mudiammai.

Some of the important features of this temple are….

Vaali worshiped lord Shiva ( Sudhai sirpam is on the Vimanam )

Moolavar is suyambu and small.

It is beautiful to see the Arthanareeswarar.

It is believed that Iraivan made to bend and gave coconut for a Chetti
pregnant lady.

11 comments:

I was looking for information on veerasingham pettai is there a amma koil there , this is my ancestors temple (kula devaiva koil) we are interested in going to the temple for worship, we are in bangalore and I will be traveling with a 4 year old what is the best way to visit, I am thinking about taking a train from bangalore to tanjore, hire a car visit the temple, and come back. If there any other kids friendly places for visit in tanjore other than bharagadthiswarar temple. Thanks for your blog it was great read.

Taking a train to Tanjore is a good idea. Yes There is Amman temple at Veerasingampettai. From Tanjore to Thiruvaiyaru route Place called Kandiyur, take a right before Kandiyur Shiva Temple to reach Veera singampettai. about 6 KM.At Tanjore except Prakdeeswarar temple you can visit Saraswathy mahal, which is basically a museum for art and culture. Other than that there is no interesting place.

Dear Sri Veluswamy, Though my ancestors hail from Tanjore, at 70 years I am still to visit and pay worship at these shrines of antiquity. Your blog and the information you were good enough to gather and furnish inspire and enthuse me to take the next available train and visit these places of worship. Thanks a lot and God bless you. NARAYANAN RL

Dear Mr.Veluswamy Sir,Your blog is very useful and tend to visit those temples as early as possible.

I am one of the billions- billions of Lord Shiva Devotee named Sasikumar Devabalan, residing in Guduvancherry, Chennai. By profession I am an Electrical Engineering working in Abudhabi Gas Industries Limited, Abudhabi, UAE as Electrical Supervsior.

For Past few years I am visiting Lord Shiva's Temples in Tamilnadu & in India.

By Lord Shiva's Grace, I had darshan of all the 11 Jyothir Lingams except Kedarnathji; I too had darshan of Pancha Bhootha Lingams, Pancha Rama Ksethrams in AP [Around Rajamundry & Vijayawada] Nava Kailayams in Trinelveli.

During the upcoming vacation, I would like to have darshan of above mentioned temples in Thiruvaiyaru and Saptha Mangai temples.

Your information are very useful. Its gives interest to visit all temple I think govt also doesnt know much this temple. Govt only concentrate which are popular. Thank you for your blog and keep travel. Thanks